iPad's built-in email app is excellent. It syncs with the DPS email if it is set correctly. Although you can get your email via a web browser, it is worth the effort to set up your Mail to get access to all the features.
iCal
iCal for iPad
Free (and installed)
Planning time and keeping appointments are essential parts of the day. The iPad's built in calendar lets you add new appointments, accept or reject meeting invitations, set reminders, and modify your calendar. If your secretary adds appointments in your calendar through Outlook, those appointments will show up automatically in your iCal.
Omni-Focus
OmniFocus for iPad
A hefty $40 (and worth every cent)
Omni-Focus is a hub for all your to-do lists. Although this is NOT free, the app is powerful and must-have tool. If you are looking for a more inexpensive solution, you can use Things. But keep all your tasks together in one app.
Evernote
Evernote
Evernote is like an electronic file cabine. It accepts text, photos, file attachments, etc. and makes them all searchable. Best of all, the data lives on Evernote's servers and is instantly synched between your iPad, iPhone, and laptop computer (whether you have a Mac of PC). Favorite feature includes a bookmarklet to clip items you want to later research on the web.
InstaPaper
Instapaper
Tired of that pile of articles you want to read? If you don't have time at the moment, save it to InstaPaper. Instead of printing it, you can save the article to InstaPaper and read it at your convenience. Great typography. Be sure to install Safari's bookmarklet to improve the ease of saving articles. With so many online education publications available (EdWeek, Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, etc.), you can flip through the online paper, search for articles, and save them to InstaPaper.
Kindle and iBooks
iBooks app
In addition to the huge number of titles being released in the ibook format, you now have a convenient tool for keeping abreast of books. In addition to purchasing the book, Amazon has an added icon called "I want to read this book on Kindle". When the Kindle edition is released, you are notified and can download the book for reading on your iPad.
Common Core State Standards
View the Common Core State Standards in one convenient FREE app! A great reference for students, parents, and teachers to easily read and understand the core standards. Quickly find standards by subject, grade, and subject category (domain/cluster). This app includes Math standards K-12 and Language Arts standards K-12. Math standards include both traditional and integrated pathways (as outlined in Appendix A of the common core) and synthesizes Language Arts standards with the Corresponding College and Career Readiness Standards (CCR's).
Part of Apple’s iWork Suite, this $10 app is a must for new iPad owners. With the Pages word processor installed, you can create professional-grade documents, brochures, and reports. Pages also lets you open and edit Microsoft Word documents and save Pages documents as Word or PDF files. In addition, Pages enables you to share files between the iPad and Windows/Mac machines using iTunes.
Common Core State Look-Fors
Mathematics and Technology)
$2.99
This is a great app for teachers integrating the Common Core State Standards into their classroom!
AAC tool allows parents, teachers, and the general public to understand the basic wants and needs of individuals who are unable to verbally communicate
used to promote an individual’s literacy, leisure, as well as social skills.
|| || Presentation Aid || Mobile Mouse || make your ipod or your ipad into a wireless remote and mouse ||
|| Business || Expedition || Web browser that supports video out. || ||
|| . || Notepad || iMeetingPad || Sketching and images can be collected, and projected, for meeting notes || ||
|| . || Photograph viewing || Photos || The Photos app comes on the iPad. Only slideshows are available through VGA adapter. || ||
|| . || Presentation || Keynote || Only shows slide on iPad; no presenter notes || ||
|| . || Presentation || PaperDesk Lite || Whiteboard component of app shows over VGA || ||
|| . || Presentation || Sadun's Whiteboard || Drawing tool that allows you to connect to video-out to share your drawings || ||
|| . || Presentation || Power Presenter || Displays PDF files. Also includes mark-up tools. || ||
|| . || Utility || Safari || Will output videos only || ||
|| . || Utility || Web2vga || a web browser to VGA out for the iPad || ||
|| . || Utility || GoodReader || GoodReader will mirror anything being viewed in the application || ||
|| . || Video viewing || Netflix || Streaming only; must have Netflix account || ||
|| . || Video viewing || YouTube || Videos only in output || ||
|| . || Presentation || Whiteboard VGA || simple white board app with vga output ||
Brushes is one of the many software programs for the iPad that allow you to paint, draw, sketch and doodle.
Share your work with iPad painting and drawing groups like this on Flickr!
2. Cloud Browse: Easily access Flash, JAVA, and Google Docs.
4. LinkedIn: Professional networking and contacts at your
fingertips.
5. Dragon Diction: Easy to use voice recognition program.
6. FeeddlerRSS: RSS reader that easily syncs with Google
Reader.
8. Dictionary & Thesaurus: Even includes word of the day!
9. The Weather Channel: Every educator should know what
the weather is going to be like each day.
10. Delicious: Access all your bookmarks quickly and easily.
11. World Book: Today in History: History information when you
want it.
12. Google Earth: Having the world in the palm of your hands
isn't a bad thing.
13. Dropbox: MUST HAVE! Easily sync/share files across computers and online
14. Infinote: Post-It-Note creation tool.
15. Skype: Make FREE calls to everyone in your contact list.
16. textPlus: FREE, unlimited SMS via regular text, app-to-app,
1-to-1, or in groups.
17. Documents to Go: Edit/create/view MS Word and Excel
files as well as view PDF, PowerPoint and iWork files.
Syncs with Dropbox!
18. GoodReader: Read PDF and TXT files; syncs w/ DropBox and
Google Docs.
19. Free Translator: Translates over 18 languages.
20. Simplepedia: A simple Wikipedia reader.
21. Groupboard: Turns your iPad into a collaborative
whiteboard.
22. Pcalc Lite: Fully functional scientific calculator.
Prices change often so please check in the iTunes store for current pricing of apps. You may also want to read the reviews before downloading new apps.Please check out the other pages here, too!
Government apps provide information when you're on the go. Find instant notification of recalls to the status of veterans benefits. USA.gov is working hard to make the government easy, convenient, and accessible.
Bento for iPad can be used as a standalone database app, and it comes with 25 templates for such business purposes as inventory, contact management, and expense tracking. ($4.99)
Big World is the ultimate location organizer and GPS-enabled navigation tool fused into one incredible iPad app! Create custom guides for travel, your favorite spots, your own “Best-of...” lists, your friends, family, or business clients’ Contact addresses, or for any reason you can think of! (Free)
Chegg, the #1 textbook rental company, helps students save hundreds of dollars off the price of textbooks. With millions of textbooks to choose from, Chegg has a variety of shipping options, free returns and plants a tree when you rent! (Free app)
Clean Writer is the minimalist text editor app focused on simplicity, designed for the creative people: bloggers, journalists or writers looking for their muse. A clutter free, Zen-like interface carefully designed for minimal impact on your writing process. (
Control a presentation on any number of iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches from your device, simultaneously and wirelessly over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Display it seamlessly on one or more external screens or projectors attached to any number of iPad and iPhone 4 devices. ($4.99)
Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email message. (Free)
Dropbox offers mobile access to shared documents that are stored in a virtual cloud. Sync and share files easily across multiple computers without setting up a costly and complicated IT network. (Free)
From notes to ideas to snapshots to recordings, put it all into Evernote and watch as it instantly synchronizes from your iPhone to your Mac or Windows desktop.
Flipboard is one of a growing category of iPad apps that build you a personal newspaper by grabbing content from your social networks. The difference with Flipboard is that it actually feels like picking up a magazine and flipping through it, but the supersimple interface hides some powerful features. (Free)
This application provides an interface to the free Google Translate API for many languages including Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Vietnamese. (Free)
Hold the world in the palm of your hand. With Google Earth for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, you can fly to far corners of the planet with just the swipe of a finger. Explore the same global satellite and aerial imagery available in the desktop version of Google Earth, including high-resolution imagery for over half of the world's population and a third of the world's land mass. (Free)
GoToMeeting is the easiest and most convenient way to attend online meetings – and now you can take it to go! Download the free app and join a meeting on your iPad in seconds just by tapping the link in your invitation email. View slide presentations, design mockups, spreadsheets, reports – whatever meeting presenters choose to share. (Free)
Groupboard turns your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad into a collaborative whiteboard, allowing you to draw and chat in real time with other people anywhere on the internet, even with users using a web browser.(Free)
"iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books. iBooks includes the iBookstore, where you can download the latest best-selling books or your favorite classics – day or night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and bookmark or add notes to your favorite passages." (Free)
Cab Mobile is a web browser for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It is probably one of the iPhone browsers with the richest feature set. It provides many unique and useful features you won't find in other iPhone browsers. ($1.99)
IEP Checklist is a tool for parents and teachers to consider as they develop the IEP. Not every item on the checklist is required by special education regulations. (Free)
iObserve is a data collection tool that will help you conduct surveys, complete inspections, judge sporting competitions, observe experiments, appraise items or bid on jobs. Administrators are also using it for teacher evaluations. ($4.99)
Directly control your Mac or PC, all your programs and all your files – like that important presentation for your boss or that application that only exists on your work computer – with a simple touch. ($29.99)
MaxJournal is a simple and elegant way to make a daily diary or journal. Designed to be easy to use and easy to navigate - it makes it a joy to sit down and get introspective with your diary-writing self. Everything you need is at your fingertips. It's also a scrapbook - you can attach photos and images to your journal entries. ($2.99)
MobileNoter is a powerful and multifunctional note taking application which is able to sync with Microsoft OneNote. Although you can use MobileNoter as a standalone application to take and store your notes, its real power comes into play when you start using it with Microsoft OneNote. (Free)
The best and most functional native iOS app for Moodle with support for all standard Moodle modules. mTouch+ is for students and requires no server side tweaking or installation, you can begin using mTouch+ right away.($2.99)
MyScratchWork allows you to take notes and browse the web while having the two side by side to avoid back and forth flipping. It also provides a custom math keyboard. (Free)
Naturespace Holographic Audio provides an audiophile-class listening experience to all headphone users, including earbuds. I have it, and when the world gets too noisy, I can escape to wome wonderful sounds of nature. (Free)
OmniCalc lets you choose from 10 different calculator designs, 19 color schemes and 3 button styles. Includes: • Standard Calculator Functions, • Scientific Calculator Functions, • Statistical Calculator Functions, • Date Math Calculator Functions (Price reduced to Free)
Photo Transfer App allows you to easily download photos from your iPhone to your computer as well as exchange photos from and to your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Transfer photos over WiFi, no cables or extra software required. $2.99
For editing text on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch. PlainText is a simple text editor with an uncomplicated, paper-like user interface. PlainText allows you to create and organize your documents in folders and sync everything with Dropbox.com. (Free)
PressReader brings over 1,500 full-content newspapers from 90 countries in 47 languages to your iPad & iPhone. For a limited time, download PressReader and your first 7 newspaper issues for FREE!* (App is free but subscription fees to newspapers may apply)
Print to ALL printers. Print direct to most WiFi/Wireless printers without additional software. Print to ALL printers and any document type via your Mac/PC. Print remotely over 3G and in corporate/other networks where WiFi is not available.
Quick Graph is a powerful, high quality, graphic calculator that takes full advantage of the multitouch display and the powerful graphic capabilities of the iPad and iPhone, both in 2D and 3D. A simple, yet intuitive interface that makes it easy to enter and/or edit equations and visualize them in mathematical notation. (Free)
Have full control of creating, editing, formatting, accessing and sharing Microsoft® Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets. ($19.99)
Simplenote is the fast, clean, synchronized notes app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. When you download Simplenote, you also get access to our free web app and a growing variety of desktop apps. Your notes will sync securely, wirelessly, and automatically in both directions. (Free)
More than museums, so much more! Stay connected with Smithsonian Channel's original series, documentaries and fun facts — on the go, anytime, anywhere with the Smithsonian Channel app for iPhone and iPod Touch. View full episodes and hundreds of video clips of your favorite Smithsonian Channel programs. (Free)
SoundPaper is the best way to take notes on your iPad. It tracks what you type and draw while recording audio, so you'll never worry about missing an important detail. ($2.99)
TAO (TranslateIt! Online) is an app for one-click translation of texts from one language to another powered by Google online translation engine. Customizable list of source and target languages, support for Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Indonesian, Catalan, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Filipino, Ukrainian (more to come in the future). (Free)
Text Nowoffers unlimited free texting and picture messaging. It has been a hit on the iPhone, now it works great on an iPad too. TextNow is available for 99 cents at the App Store. However, users should be aware of additional costs. The download includes just three months of service. For $3.99, an additional one year of service can be purchased from within the app. For $7.99 (which is the best deal) users get a lifetime of texting with no future costs.
This new application combines several novel features that are sure to wake you up and get you going. When the alarm sounds, simply SHAKE the device and the alarm turns off. (Free)
Transform your iPad into a presentation screen with Whiteboard. Whiteboard lets you connect to a TV or projection system using an Apple VGA or composite/component video-out cable and draw directly to an external screen using standard whiteboard markers and erasers. ($1.99)
This Day in History for iPad is an interactive multimedia calendar that displays historical events for the current day or any selected day, along with related media such as photos, illustrations, music, and speeches. You can hear the national anthems of countries on the day they became a nation, listen to presidents’ speeches on the anniversaries of their inaugurations, and play sound clips from famous artists on their birthdays. (Great for those looking for some tidbits for morning announcements!) (Free)
Below are applications you may find helpful.
Mathematics and Technology)
REading and Research
Social Sciences
|| Business || Expedition || Web browser that supports video out. || ||
|| . || Notepad || iMeetingPad || Sketching and images can be collected, and projected, for meeting notes || ||
|| . || Photograph viewing || Photos || The Photos app comes on the iPad. Only slideshows are available through VGA adapter. || ||
|| . || Presentation || Keynote || Only shows slide on iPad; no presenter notes || ||
|| . || Presentation || PaperDesk Lite || Whiteboard component of app shows over VGA || ||
|| . || Presentation || Sadun's Whiteboard || Drawing tool that allows you to connect to video-out to share your drawings || ||
|| . || Presentation || Power Presenter || Displays PDF files. Also includes mark-up tools. || ||
|| . || Utility || Safari || Will output videos only || ||
|| . || Utility || Web2vga || a web browser to VGA out for the iPad || ||
|| . || Utility || GoodReader || GoodReader will mirror anything being viewed in the application || ||
|| . || Video viewing || Netflix || Streaming only; must have Netflix account || ||
|| . || Video viewing || YouTube || Videos only in output || ||
|| . || Presentation || Whiteboard VGA || simple white board app with vga output ||
Virtuoso is free and is a large keyboard that can be moved to access higher and lower notes.
Share your work with iPad painting and drawing groups like this on Flickr!
2. Cloud Browse: Easily access Flash, JAVA, and Google Docs.
4. LinkedIn: Professional networking and contacts at your
fingertips.
5. Dragon Diction: Easy to use voice recognition program.
6. FeeddlerRSS: RSS reader that easily syncs with Google
Reader.
8. Dictionary & Thesaurus: Even includes word of the day!
9. The Weather Channel: Every educator should know what
the weather is going to be like each day.
10. Delicious: Access all your bookmarks quickly and easily.
11. World Book: Today in History: History information when you
want it.
12. Google Earth: Having the world in the palm of your hands
isn't a bad thing.
13. Dropbox: MUST HAVE! Easily sync/share files across computers and online
14. Infinote: Post-It-Note creation tool.
15. Skype: Make FREE calls to everyone in your contact list.
16. textPlus: FREE, unlimited SMS via regular text, app-to-app,
1-to-1, or in groups.
17. Documents to Go: Edit/create/view MS Word and Excel
files as well as view PDF, PowerPoint and iWork files.
Syncs with Dropbox!
18. GoodReader: Read PDF and TXT files; syncs w/ DropBox and
Google Docs.
19. Free Translator: Translates over 18 languages.
20. Simplepedia: A simple Wikipedia reader.
21. Groupboard: Turns your iPad into a collaborative
whiteboard.
22. Pcalc Lite: Fully functional scientific calculator.
A hefty $40 (and worth every cent)